Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2017 conferred
In 2016, it was decided that the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas conventions will be held after an interval of two years. Therefore, the number of awards to be conferred for Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2017 has been doubled to 30.
The President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 9 January 2017 presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2017 to 30 personalities. The awards were presented during the occasion of the 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas held in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
In 2016, it was decided that the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas conventions will be held after an interval of two years. Therefore, the number of awards to be conferred for Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2017 has been doubled to 30.
For the year 2017, the jury also considered the contribution for achievements on philanthropic investments and charitable work in India and for contribution towards India’s development.
It is for the first time that an Indian woman living in Saudi Arabia was honoured with the Award. Zeenat Musarrat Jafri, along with her husband, set up the first Indian school in Riyadh in 1982. She was awarded for her contribution to the education of the Indian community.
Complete list of awardees
| Serial No. |
Name |
Country |
Field |
| 1 |
Gorur Krishna Harinath |
Australia |
Community Service |
| 2 |
Rajasekharan Pillai Valavoor Kizhakkathil |
Bahrain |
Business |
| 3 |
Antwerp Indian Association |
Belgium |
Community Service |
| 4 |
Nazeer Ahamed Mohamed Zackiriah |
Brunei |
Community Service |
| 5 |
Mukund Bhikhubhai Purohit |
Canada |
Business |
| 6 |
Nalinkumar Sumanlal Kothari |
Djibouti |
Community Service |
| 7 |
Vinod Chandra Patel |
Fiji |
Social Service |
| 8 |
Raghunath Marie Antonin Manet |
France |
Arts & Culture |
| 9 |
Lael Anson E. Best |
Israel |
Medical Science |
| 10 |
Sandip Kumar Tagore |
Japan |
Arts & Culture |
| 11 |
Ariful Islam |
Libya |
Community Service |
| 12 |
Tan Sri Dato Dr. Muniandy Thambirajah |
Malaysia |
Education and Community Service |
| 13 |
Pravind Kumar Jugnauth |
Mauritius |
Public Service |
| 14 |
Antonio Luis Santos da Costa |
Portugal |
Public Service |
| 15 |
Raghavan Seetharaman |
Qatar |
Business Management |
| 16 |
Zeenat Musarrat Jafri |
Saudi Arabia |
Education |
| 17 |
Singapore Indian Association |
Singapore |
Community Service |
| 18 |
Carani Balaraman Sanjeevi |
Sweden |
Medicine |
| 19 |
Susheel Kumar Saraff |
Thailand |
Business |
| 20 |
Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Public Service |
| 21 |
Vasudev Shamdas Shroff |
United Arab Emirates |
Community Service |
| 22 |
India Social and Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi |
United Arab Emirates |
Philanthropy and Community Service |
| 23 |
Priti Patel |
United Kingdom |
Public Service |
| 24 |
Neena Gill |
United Kingdom |
Public Service |
| 25 |
Hari Babu Bindal |
USA |
Environmental Engineering |
| 26 |
Bharat Haridas Barai |
USA |
Community Service |
| 27 |
Nisha Desai Biswal |
USA |
Public Affairs |
| 28 |
Mahesh Mehta |
USA |
Community Service |
| 29 |
Ramesh Shah |
USA |
Community Service |
| 30 |
Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi |
USA |
Community Leadership |
About the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards
• The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award was constituted by the Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
• It is given to honour the contributions of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in their respective profession or an organization established and run by the NRIs.
• The award is presented by the President of India.
• The award was first organized in 2003.
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